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ArticleFrontiers in neurology

Machine learning for identification of restless legs syndrome-associated factors and classification model development in end-stage renal disease patients.

Tao Yuan, Na Sun, Lanbo Teng, Chuhan Xu, Yunyan Wang, Wenyu Zhang, Wenxiu Chang

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Tao Yuan *Department of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Na Sun *Department of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lanbo TengDepartment of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Chuhan XuNational Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Yunyan WangDepartment of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wenyu ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wenxiu ChangDepartment of Nephrology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.

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Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common and debilitating complication in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing dialysis, significantly impairing sleep quality and quality of life. Screening of prevalent cases remains challenging. This study aimed to develop and validate an interpretable machine learning-based classification model for identifying RLS status in ESRD patients. Methods: A total of 396 ESRD patients (173 hemodialysis, 223 peritoneal dialysis) were enrolled from April to October 2024. Patients were randomly divided into training (70%, Results: Five variables were selected: β2-microglobulin, hemoglobin, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and alcohol consumption. SVM demonstrated optimal performance with AUC of 0.791 (95% CI: 0.702-0.879) in the testing set, outperforming other models. SVM achieved accuracy of 0.761, sensitivity of 0.711, specificity of 0.797, F1-score of 0.711, and Brier score of 0.183. Calibration curves showed good agreement between estimated and observed probabilities. DCA confirmed favorable net clinical benefit across threshold probabilities. SHAP analysis identified β2-microglobulin (mean |SHAP| = 0.131) and anemia as the most influential variables with diabetes, coronary heart disease, and alcohol consumption contributing moderately. SHAP dependence plots revealed interactions between β2-microglobulin and hemoglobin, as well as diabetes modifying the protective effect of higher hemoglobin. Conclusion: We developed and validated an interpretable SVM-based classification model for identifying RLS in ESRD patients using readily available clinical variables. This model demonstrates promising performance and requires prospective external validation in multi-center cohorts before clinical implementation. This tool may facilitate screening of prevalent RLS cases and inform clinical decision-making.

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diagnostic screeningend-stage renal diseaseinterpretable artificial intelligencemachine learningrestless legs syndromeSHAPsupport vector machine

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